Israeli minister tours Abu Dhabi’s grand mosque in unprecedented visit

Israeli minister Miri Regev on Monday shared a video on Facebook of her touring a famed mosque in the United Arab Emirates, in an unprecedented visit by a cabinet member.

The culture and sport minister, known for controversial comments about Arabs, was dressed in a red abaya with a white scarf covering her hair at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.

“I toured the site,” Regev told the camera, in Hebrew, surrounded by a group of people in traditional Emirati dress.

“This is the first time that an Israeli minister is here on a visit.”

Regev, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, visited the mosque on Sunday, according to her spokesman.

Her country does not have diplomatic relations with the UAE.